[PIF]

and if they can’t work because they are sealed in they can pay the heat bill

[Zhang Fei]

[and if they can’t work because they are sealed in they can pay the heat bill]

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I read an article about a Party edict that says companies have to keep paying salaries even though employees aren’t at work. Not sure how long companies can do this before going bust. My guess? Not long. And even with that - $300-$400 a month isn’t enough to pay heating bills. My impression, from talking to Chinese acquaintances stateside, is that outdoor and indoor wear is the same in China. One of the things that strikes them about the US is the 24/7/365 nature of climate control stateside. The average Chinese can’t afford that on their wages.

[datura]

People in China do not have heat in apartment buildings. They wear more clothes. Most have a/c units for summer, or plug in heaters, but not central air as we are accustomed to here in the US. In the cities, electricity is very cheap.

It’s the question of food now - workers aren’t in the fields, or at the docks to receive goods. Trucks are allowed to transport food, but their internal supply chain for basic goods is down.

This is going to be a huge humanitarian crisis at the very least in China. Let’s hope that’s all it is, and that it remains mostly in Asia.

We have many advantages here - better hygiene, less smoking, fewer people handle cash, and less density of humans. If it gets loose here, we are less likely to encounter such high viral loads as the Chinese do.

I pray that saves us from what China is experiencing.